[ikanreed]

And preschool teachers talk this way because they're desperately afraid of hurting parents' feelings

[andrepd]

I really think baby talk is a phenomenon that pre-dates helicopter parenting

[bombcar]

Baby Todd is a real phenomenon caused by kids not being able to say complex words. You want to say those complex words to them and they will repeat them back and they may make a baby version of it which is fine but it’s good to for you to keep using the complex words and the correct pronunciation so they learn.

Every one of my kids has a name that is hard for a baby to pronounce so they have a baby nickname, but we let them grow out of it.

[phatfish]

I blame Ms Rachel.

[uoaei]

Please don't inflame these otherwise reasonable comment sections with low effort culture war rhetoric.

[DiggyJohnson]

How does this have anything to do with the culture war? This is just a discussion of culture and how its changing unrelated to what you are referring to.

[uoaei]

Do you even understand the argument being made by the person I was replying to?

[bongodongobob]

It's true though. Talk to any teacher or childcare provider.

[uoaei]

I'm not denying the phenomenon exists. But to try to say that adults would be upset if teachers spoke to their children like they weren't developmentally challenged is completely ridiculous.